Suspender-clasp



" (No Model.)

0. RpHARRlS. SUSPBNDER CLASP.

No. 451,046. Patented Apr. 28, 1891.

Nr'rno TATES ,ATENT FFICE.

SUSPENDER-CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 451,046, dated April28, 1891.

Application filed January 15, 1891. Serial No. 377,836. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES R. HARRIS, of \Villiamsport, in the countyof Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Suspender- Clasps; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainstomake and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in Suspender-clasps, the objectbeing to provide a simple attachment for connecting the parts ofasuspender, the same consisting of a single plate of metal bentsubstantially as shown; and it consists, further, in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of myimproved clasp, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank from which theclasp is formed.

A represents the clasp for securingthe suspender-webs and supporting thebutton-holestraps clasp B, the two clasps being connected by a shankpreferably integral with both clasps, as shown. The clasp A ispreferably V- shaped, each member being composed of two leaves adaptedto be folded over the edges of the suspender-web and provided with teethfor engaging the webs and locking the parts together. This clasp A notonly secures the two sections of the Suspender-webs together, but italso forms a binding for the selvage edges of the two straps. The claspB is also approximately V-shaped, and is employed for securing togetherthe upper ends of the button-hole straps.

The shank 1, which connects the clasps A and B, consists of a narrowthin strip, preferably integral with the clasps A and B. This shank issufficiently flexible to enable it to give or yield to the motion of thewearer and is preferably bent inwardly out of the planeof the outerfaces of the two clasps A and B, for the twofold purpose of improvingthe appearance of the device and also for forming two shoulders orabutments 2 and 3 for the ends of the suspender-Webs and button-holestraps, respectively, so that when the clasps are closed on the webs andstraps the ends of the webs are for all practical purposes concealed.

I'Iavingfully described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A suspender-clasp the upper portion of which consists of asubstantially V-shaped clasp folded at its edges so as to lap the outeredges of the suspender-webs and form a binding therefor, and providedwith teeth for engaging the webs, a clasp for the button-hole straps,and a shank integral with and intermediate the smaller ends of bothclasps, sub stantially as set forth.

2. A Suspender-clasp composed of a single piece of metal comprising thebody port-ion, the clasp proper, and a shank connecting said parts, thebody and clasp constructed with folding leaves having teeth thereon, andthe shank having shoulders formed therein adjacent to theinner ends ofthe body and clasp, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES R. HARRIS.

Witnesses:

CHAS. O. KROUSE, WM. SILVERMANN.

